There are at least three lessons here:
First, don't call a sample of one a scientific test; Second, don't let that big machine ride your classic bike; Third, you may let that machine ride your Trek OCLV, because then there is no danger that you will drop your Trek and break a stay.
Jeff "sold his SLX DeRosa, which then failed gently when the new owner T-boned a car" Slotkin Goose Creek (cars everywhere), SC
At 11:41 AM 11/6/2004 -0800, Donald Gillies wrote:
>Do you wonder if perhaps the reason why the early 1970's SLX DeRosas
>are so rare, is because these framesets have all broken ??
>
> http://www.damonrinard.com/
>
>Quite possibly - after all, the DeRosa in this fatigue-limit test
>performed the worst out of 20 bikes !! And will we be stuck with TREK
>OCLV frames for a long, long, long time because apparently they are
>balanced in a way that allows them to survive many fatigue cycles ??
>
>- Don Gillies
>San Diego, CA